3 MEN, WOMAN SOUGHT IN ROBBERY OF PEDESTRIANS

San Diego police are looking for three men and a woman who robbed two pedestrians at gunpoint in Hillcrest Thursday night.

The victims were on Richmond Street near Robinson Avenue about 11:45 p.m. when they were approached by the robbers, police said.

Two of the men pointed guns at the pedestrians and demanded cash before taking money, two wallets and an iPhone 5, police said.

The four robbers were all described as black, 18 to 25 years old, wearing black, hooded sweatshirts and black pants.

One of the men was described as 6 feet 4 inches tall and 170 to 190 pounds, another was about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 to 160 pounds and thin, and the third was 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 10 inches tall, 140 to 160 pounds and thin.

The woman was described as 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 to 160 pounds and thin.

Debbi Baker • U-T

Two men arrested in robbery of person answering online ad

Temecula

Two suspects accused of robbing a person who responded to an online ad about a cellphone for sale have been arrested, the Sheriff’s Department said.

Notriga Mandegar, 18, was taken into custody Friday while leaving his house on Daniel Way, near Calle Elenita, in Temecula, sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Norton said.

A search warrant was served at Mandegar’s residence by detectives from the sheriff’s 4S Ranch and Encinitas stations, the sergeant said.

When the buyer went to purchase the phone on July 29, Mandegar is accused of displaying a gun and demanding the victim’s money, Norton said.

Mandegar was booked into Vista jail on counts of robbery, conspiracy, selling marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, according to the jail website.

He is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Vista Superior Court.

The sergeant identified the other suspect who was arrested as David Belcher, 18.

Belcher was booked into San Diego central jail on Thursday on counts of robbery and conspiracy.

He is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in San Diego Superior Court, according to the jail website.

Susan Shroder • U-T

State Route 78 closed both ways after truck overturns

north county

State Route 78 was closed Friday morning in both directions in San Pasqual after a semi-truck overturned.

A traffic alert was issued after the 4:20 a.m. noninjury accident that happened just east of Bandy Canyon Road, about four miles east of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the California Highway Patrol said.

The road was closed from Academy Road to Orosco Truck Trail until the truck was righted and some of the debris was cleared away about 8 a.m.

One of the lanes was then opened to one-way traffic, the CHP said.

Debbi Baker • U-T

Member of military killed when his motorcycle hits car

San Diego

A 23-year-old active-duty military member was killed Thursday after he crashed his motorcycle into the back of a car in Mission Valley, authorities said.

The rider was identified Friday as Robert Michael Campbell of El Cajon.

Campbell was riding a Suzuki bike south on Interstate 15 when he rear-ended an Acura that was slowing for traffic on the eastbound Interstate 8 ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Campbell was taken to a hospital, where he died in the emergency room, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.